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THE BLACK CREATOR RENAISSANCE
By Mariana October 23, 2024 |When the strikes took over Los Angeles putting TV show production on pause, Black artists were once again poised to lose the most. Declining residuals meant lower payout for artists…and somehow more for yacht-buying executives. In this conversation, led by Executive Producer/Creative Director of Acast Creative Shantae Howell, Netflix comedian Naomi Ekperigan and Comedy Central writer Franchesca Ramsey share how they pivoted out of Hollywood writers’ rooms and into the thriving world of podcasting.